Live Tonight: A Tribe Called Red, Com Truise, Dave Hause, We Were Promised Jetpacks

Canada’s First Nations trio, A Tribe Called Red, fuses electronic club and contemporary indigenous music into something it calls “powwow step.” Nation II Nation, the band’s second full-length album, dropped last spring and earned, among other praise, sold-out shows and a feature spot on Diplo and Friends, the DJ/producer’s music program on BBC1. Red’s sound—aboriginal drumbeats and vocals layered with the thumping of electro bass and clap tracks—elevates electronic music to the next level, marrying the traditional and the modern. This has made the group unofficial spokespersons on current issues affecting the indigenous community: land rights, decolonization, cultural appropriation. (The latter issue has seeped into Red’s live show; adoring concertgoers donning war paint and headdresses have roused ATCR member DJ NDN’s indignation. In an interview for Huffington Post Canada, he called such acts “redface” and asked fans to “Please stop.”) The beatmakers, in town on the Turtle Island Tour, are sure to put on a pulsating show; just please leave the face paint and feathers at home. With Tang & Toast. Barboza. 8 p.m. $13 adv. 21 and over. MARGERY CERCADO

A Tribe Called Red play Barboza tonight.

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